Title: Corporate social responsibility and earnings management within the managerial psychological context
Authors: Sourour Hamza; Anis Jarboui
Addresses: Faculty of Economic Science and Management, Sfax University, Road of Aeroport, Km 4, B.P. 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' Higher Institute of Business Administration, Sfax University, ISAAS B.P. 1013, Sfax, Tunisia
Abstract: Previous studies explain the association between corporate social responsibility and earnings management from the stakeholders', legitimacy, agency and singling theories. This research aims to explore this relation from psychological and behavioural theory perspective. We deal with the psychological characteristics of the manager such as the manager's reasoning, overconfidence and affects (shame and guilt). This article shows that the manager's psychology may influence significantly his attitude toward corporate social responsibility and earnings management. Accordingly, the psychological feature may explain and determine the relation between corporate social responsibility and earnings management.
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; earnings management; psychological bias; psychology; managerial reasoning; overconfidence; affect; shame; guilt.
DOI: 10.1504/IJAUDIT.2017.091319
International Journal of Auditing Technology, 2017 Vol.3 No.4, pp.269 - 281
Received: 18 Oct 2016
Accepted: 22 Dec 2017
Published online: 24 Apr 2018 *